Getting Your Read On: If We Were a Movie (Power of the Matchmaker) by Kelly Oram + Book Giveaway

If We Were a Movie by Kelly Oram (Power of the Matchmaker #3)
Music meets Movies in this sweet college romance from the bestselling author of Cinder & Ella. NYU freshman Nate Anderson is a triplet who is desperate to escape his wild and crazy brothers. After they screw things up for him one too many times, Nate flees his housing situation and takes the first available room for rent as far from his brothers as he can get. Enter his new roommate Jordan--a quirky LA girl who believes that everything in life has already been done in the movies. In this heartfelt tale of love, friendship and family, Nate learns how to deal with his new adult life using Hollywood films as a guide.

What readers just like you are saying about If We Were a Movie:

"WOW! This book is great! The concept is so inventive, and the writing is brilliant."

"I thought Cinder & Ella jerked with my emotions too much but this one might have it beat."

"I finished reading If We Were a Movie yesterday. I loved it! I fell hard for Nate. Jordan was amazing! And Pearl's timing was perfect! "

"Amazing concept with movies as chapters, and fantastic storyline." "I loved this story and was humming along to the songs from the book whilst reading. I can see this book becoming the movie it was written to be." "If We Were a Movie made me want to binge watch movies, listen to old playlists and re-read it all at once."

I love this Power of the Matchmaker series. It's got some fluidity with Pearl as the common character, bringing couples together, but each book is really it's own entity. Different authors have different writing styles and every book feels new and fresh. You can read these books in any order and it doesn't matter because they are not at all dependent on each other. My only recommendation would be that you read the prequel novella first. It is there that you meet Pearl and get to know her story. It makes every other encounter with her more meaningful.

Kelly Oram has a very distinct voice in the writing world. She is known for the young and edgy kind of writing. Her book definitely stands out as having a bit of a different feel than others in this collection so far. The one thing that kinda bugged me the most was that Pearl didn't feel like Pearl to me. Her motives were in line with the character I got to know previously, but the very few and brief encounters with her in the book just didn't feel true to what I felt from Pearl in the prequel novella and how she felt in previous books.

Aside from that, I really loved the concept of this book. All the movie and song references were so fun. I loved that every chapter was a movie title and it directly related to what was happening for the characters.

The characters are larger than life, full of energy and potential. Not just Nate and Jordan, but every secondary character as well. It was so easy to fall into this book and become invested in the characters. I often had to slow myself down because I was speed reading. That's what happens when I get so into a book- I start reading faster and faster because I just have to know what's going to happen next! I had to slow myself down, take a deep breath and enjoy the ride.

Content: Underage drinking and party situations, implied unmarried sexual relations (nothing described in detail), kissing, some innuendo, mild swearing

TEASER: “So this is what a Pearl-approved guy looks like.” She shook her head once and cracked a smile. “She’s got good taste, I’ll give her that. You’re an odd mix of sexy and adorable. Don’t see that often.”

I was a little taken aback by the compliment, if that’s even what it was. She may have just been stating what she considered to be fact. She laughed at my surprise and held out her hand to me. “Nice to meet you. I’m Jordan Kramer.”

I’d been afraid of that. “You’re a girl.”

Jordan laughed. “That’s what it says on my birth certificate, but I’m really glad you were able to figure it out without needing to read it.”

Nope. I definitely didn’t need that.

Kelly Oram wrote her first novel at age fifteen--a fan fiction about her favorite music group, The Backstreet Boys, for which her family and friends still tease her. She's obsessed with reading, talks way too much, and likes to eat frosting by the spoonful. She lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona with her husband, four children, and her cat, Mr. Darcy.

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